The Orange Tree Day Nursery: Derby

Wow what a great day ☀️

Thank you to everyone that came to our summer fair this morning! We hope everyone had a great day raising money for the Harley Jae Trust 💕

We’ve raised an amazing £459 for this amazing charity. We will be in touch with all the raffle prize winners next week if you missed the draw 🎟️

Today 10 am . We have some great stalls . And lots of raffle prizes . Come and have fun .

Coming up this Saturday 🎶 🎟️🍪, starts at 10 am .
Please bring cash if you can . Thank you .
Can’t wait to see you all there .

Forest School Adventures 🌿

This week at Forest School, we were delighted to welcome some more new faces as our younger children enjoyed their very first visit to the forest!

Our more experienced children were fantastic role models, confidently showing our newcomers how to explore the forest safely and responsibly. It was wonderful to see them sharing their knowledge and helping everyone feel at home in the great outdoors.

Sticks proved to be a firm favourite this week, inspiring plenty of creativity and imaginative play. Some children worked together to build their very own teepee, while others set off on a fishing adventure, finding the perfect sticks to use as fishing rods 🎣

It was a fantastic week of exploration, teamwork and outdoor learning, and we can’t wait to see what adventures next week brings! 🌳✨

Last night for the wise 🦉owls red and blue staff meeting we had forest 🌳school training , a fun time building dens ⛺️ in our forest 🌳garden .
Also wanted to congratulate
⭐️Ren on staff member of the month and wise 🦉owls blue on
⭐️Room of the month for a great mocksted day .
We had a new shout out for an amazing activity set up also which went to Aaminah , well done .

Live this Saturday , our very own talented staff member Shannon will be singing along with her band the Barry tones . Come along and enjoy .

This week in the wise 🦉 owls blue. We have been super busy making yummy 🥞 pancakes , we used strawberries 🍓and blueberries 🫐for a topping . The children enjoyed mixing and chopping the ingredients . And being able to taste😋 them later on. 🥞

This week at Forest School, the children explored the woodland and discovered how much it has changed. They noticed that lots of leaves had fallen—not because it's autumn, but because of the recent weather! We talked about why rain is so important for our trees and plants and how it helps them stay healthy. The children had great fun sweeping up the fallen leaves using big sticks ☔️ 🪵

For some of our children, this was their very first Forest School session. We spent time discussing how to keep ourselves safe while exploring the woodland. It was wonderful to see our more experienced children confidently supporting the younger ones, demonstrating safe practices and setting a fantastic example.

To finish the session, we set up our slackline and enjoyed taking turns balancing and climbing. The children developed their balance, coordination, and confidence while encouraging one another and celebrating each other's achievements 🍃